SOLUTION: A secant and a tangent intersect in the external of a circle. The chord which is a part of the secant is 3 times as long as the tangent segment and the internal segment of the seca

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Question 1155551: A secant and a tangent intersect in the external of a circle. The chord which is a part of the secant is 3 times as long as the tangent segment and the internal segment of the secant is 10cm. Find the length of their common internal tangent.
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There is no common internal tangent in the figure....

A common internal tangent requires two curves, usually two non-intersecting circles. There is only one circle and some straight lines in this problem.